Wednesday 23rd October | 7:30pm | £10/8 advance tickets
An evening of improvisation, composition and poetry.
**** ‘Most generous in spirit’ Jazzwise
ALATI are a trio led by Norwich-based trumpeter Chris Dowding (trumpet & flugelhorn) featuring Brigitte Beraha (vocals) and Dave O’Brien (piano). They play their unsusal and enchanting music set to poems by various poets including Alice Oswald and Andrew McMillan, using both acoustic and electronic instruments. Brigitte is an exceptional vocalist who has been described as 'One of the most creative vocalists on the UK scene' BBC Radio 3 · 'Spontaneity, high-class jazz artistry' The Guardian.
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They will play music set to poems by Colin Simms about the hen harrier, to launch their new single, 'birdsong #24', which is released with a video by Norwich film-maker Paul Thompson. Expect bucolic chords and minimalist patterns.
Individually, the members of ALATI have worked with trombonist Annie Whitehead and flautist Eddie Parker, as well as leading their own groups, such as Brigitte Beraha's Lucid Dreamers, Dave O'Brien's Porpoise Corpus and Chris Dowding's Moonrise Trio.
+ Support from Olie Brice
Olie Brice will play a solo set on double bass.
Olie Brice leads and composes for two groups, a trio (with Tom Challenger & Will Glaser) and an Octet (with Alex Bonney, Kim Macari, Jason Yarde, Rachel Musson, George Crowley, Cath Roberts & Johnny Hunter). Both of these groups were featured on the critically acclaimed double album ‘Fire Hills’. Previously Brice lead a quintet – “one of the most interesting and satisfying bands on the current UK scene” – which released two albums, ‘Immune to Clockwork’ and ‘Day After Day’.
Brice is a committed free improviser, who has performed, toured and recorded with many of the leading names on the scene including Mark Sanders, Paul Dunmall, Rachel Musson, Tobias Delius, Cath Roberts and Luis Vicente, and he has also appeared with the likes of Evan Parker, Tony Malaby, John Butcher, Ingrid Laubrock, Ken Vandermark, Eddie Prevost and Louis Moholo. He is part of several ongoing improvising ensembles including Somersaults (with Tobias Delius & Mark Sanders) and The Acrylic Rib (with Albert Cirera & Nicolas Field).